Search results matching tags 'Developer', 'Leadership', 'Career', and 'Conferences'http://sqlblog.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?o=DateDescending&tag=Developer,Leadership,Career,Conferences&orTags=0Search results matching tags 'Developer', 'Leadership', 'Career', and 'Conferences'en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)Secure Your Spot at the Nashville SQL Saturday!http://sqlblog.com/blogs/kevin_kline/archive/2012/08/27/secure-your-spot-at-the-nashville-sql-saturday.aspxMon, 27 Aug 2012 14:50:00 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:44873KKline<p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-2048" href="http://kevinekline.com/?attachment_id=2048"><img class="size-full wp-image-2048" title="sqlsat145_web" alt="" width="236" height="115" style="border:2px solid black;cursor:default;margin:2px;" src="http://kevinekline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sqlsat145_web.png"></a></p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;"><a title="SQL Saturday events by the Professional Association for SQL Server" href="http://sqlsaturday.com/">PASS SQL Saturdays</a>&nbsp;are&nbsp;free 1-day training events for IT professionals interested in Microsoft SQL Server, providing a variety of high-quality technical sessions, all happen through the efforts of local volunteers. &nbsp;The leadership team of the&nbsp;<a title="Nashville SQL Server User Group" href="http://nashville.sqlpass.org/">local chapter of PASS here in Nashville</a>&nbsp;(<a title="NashSQL on Facebook" href="http://facebook.com/nashsqlserver">Facebook</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a title="NashSQL on LinkedIn" href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Nashville-SQL-Server-Users-Group-123976?gid=123976&amp;mostPopular=&amp;trk=tyah">LinkedIn</a>) have worked hard to make this year's SQL Saturday a day of great training and networking.</p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">The local NashSQL leadership team includes yours truly (<a title="Kevin Kline's Blog" href="http://kevinekline.com/">blog</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a title="Kevin Kline's Twitter Feed" href="http://twitter.com/kekline">twitter</a>), Joe Webb (<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/joewebb">Twitter</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.webbtechsolutions.com/blog">Blog</a>), Louis "Dr SQL" Davidson&nbsp;(<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/drsql">Twitter</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/louis_davidson/rss.aspx">Blog</a>), Christina Leo&nbsp;(<a title="Christina Leo's Blog" href="http://www.christinaleo.net/">blog</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://twitter.com/christinaleo">twitter</a>), and Shelton Dickson (<a title="Shelton Dickson's Website" href="http://www.dicksonresources.com/">website</a>). &nbsp;We also get a lot of operational help from Matt LeBlank (<a title="Matt's LinkedIn Profile" href="http://kevinekline.com/wp-admin/www.linkedin.com/in/mattleblanc">LinkedIn</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a title="Matt's Twitter Feed" href="http://twitter.com/matthewjleblanc">Twitter</a>).</p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">We think you'll find it's a great way to spend a Saturday! &nbsp;</p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">Register for the free community day with 5 concurrent tracks of hour-hour technical sessions running all day long:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sqlsaturday.com/145/eventhome.aspx">www.sqlsaturday.com/145/eventhome.aspx</a></p><hr style="cursor:default;font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;"><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">Also, we are very pleased to announce the SQLSaturday #145 Pre-con event on Friday, October 12th. We have four paid sessions available from established industry experts. Session details are provided in the links below.</p><ul style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;"><li><a href="http://sqlsat145_precon2-eorg.eventbrite.com/">Leadership Skills for I.T. Pros with Kevin Kline and Joe Webb</a></li><li><a href="http://sqlsat145_precon1-eorg.eventbrite.com/">Sharepoint 2010 BI with Mark Stacey, Pragmatic Works, South Africa</a></li><li><a href="http://sqlsat145_precon3-eorg.eventbrite.com/">Failover Clustering with Kathi Kellenberger, Pragmatic Works, U.S.</a></li><li><a href="http://sqlsat145_precon4-eorg.eventbrite.com/">Storage and Virtualization for the DBA with Denny Cherry</a></li></ul><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">Please be aware that each Pre-con is priced at a staggeringly cheap $129.95 + $8.14 processing fee.</p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;"><em>Registrations made by August 31, 2012, will receive an EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION rate of an $99.95 + 6.49 processing fee!!!</em></p><p style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;line-height:19px;">Don't miss out on this fantastic offer! Register now: &nbsp;<a href="http://sqlsat145precons.eventbrite.com/">SQL Satuday #145 PreCons<br></a><br>A continental breakfast will be served and tea and coffee will be available throughout the day. Lunch will be provided.</p>Starting this week: Dublin, Maidenhead, and Londonhttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/kevin_kline/archive/2012/03/19/starting-this-week-dublin-maidenhead-and-london.aspxMon, 19 Mar 2012 14:18:00 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:42384KKline<p>This might be most most overcommitted four-week period of time ever in my life. I’m tired just thinking about it! Not only am I traveling internationally and speaking over the next few weeks, I’m also helping on two book projects, learning some new applications from Quest Software, and helping on a small Transact-SQL refactoring project. </p><p>Swag on hand? I’ve got a special printing of 500 <a title="Quest Software SQL Server Promotions" href="http://www.quest.com/landing/?id=5700">video training DVDs</a> for this trip:</p><p style="padding-left:30px;"><em>SQL Server Training on DMVs </em></p><p style="padding-left:30px;"><em>Performance Monitor and Wait Events</em></p><p>Plus, I’ll have a few posters, stickers, and other goodies. Come see me!</p><h2>SQL Saturday 105; Dublin, Ireland; March 24</h2><p>My maternal grandmother was first generation Irish-American and, somehow, going to Ireland feels a lot like going home to grandmom’s house. And all my Irish friends make it feel like I’m going home to see the extended family – cousins and ‘once-removed’ family types. And on top of that, we get to talk about SQL Server at <a title="The Schedule of Sessions for SQL Saturday #105" href="http://www.sqlsaturday.com/105/schedule.aspx">SQL Saturday #105</a>! I’ll be doing a session called “Top 10 Things Every Developer Should Know”. I’ll also be hanging out at the Quest Software booth much of the day and, just for fun, I plan on doing a completely unscripted lightning talk.</p><h2>SQL Server User Group; Maidenhead, UK; March 27</h2><p>From Dublin, I head over to the lovely town of Maidenhead, UK. I’ll be spending a couple days in the Quest Software office there in Maidenhead, whose SQL Server User Group is lead by fellow Questie Richard Douglas (<a title="Richard Douglas' Blog" href="http://sql.richarddouglas.co.uk/">blog </a>| <a title="Richard Douglas' Twitter Feed" href="http://twitter.com/sqlrich">twitter</a>). I’ll be presenting after Business Intelligence impresario Jen Stirrup (<a title="Jen Stirrup's Blog" href="http://www.jenstirrup.com/">blog </a>| <a title="Jen Stirrup's Twitter Feed" href="http://twitter.com/jenstirrup">twitter</a>). Space is limited, but there are still some seats left.</p><p>I’ve already heard from other twitterati that some great Microsoft SQL Server MVPs will be attending, like Tobiasz Koprowski (<a title="Tobiasz Koprowski's Blog" href="http://koprowskit.eu/geek/">Blog </a>| <a title="Tobiasz J. Koprowski's Twitter Feed" href="http://www.twitter.com/KoprowskiT">Twitter</a>). If you live in south, central England, then this is your chance! Register here: <a href="http://www.sqlserverfaq.com/events/386/Maidenhead-UG-meeting-SQLBits-Preview-Speakers-include-MVPs-Kevin-Kline-and-Jen-Stirrup.aspx">http://www.sqlserverfaq.com/events/386/Maidenhead-UG-meeting-SQLBits-Preview-Speakers-include-MVPs-Kevin-Kline-and-Jen-Stirrup.aspx.</a></p><h2>SQLBits; London, UK; March 29 – 31</h2><p>This is the <em>official </em>launch event for SQL Server 2012! This is your chance to get the best and biggest dose of SQL Server 2012 training for quite some time. <a title="SQLBits, the UK's Biggest SQL Server Event" href="http://www.sqlbits.com/">The free training day event is sold out</a>. However, some of the training day seminars have open seats, including my seminar <em><a title="Kevin Kline's Leadership Skills for the Database Professional" href="http://sqlbits.com/information/Event10/Leadership_Skills_for_the_Database_Professional/TrainingDetails.aspx">Leadership Skills for the Database Professional</a>. </em>This seminar <strong>distills the years of formal training and hard-won experience</strong> I’ve accumulated throughout my career starting as a developer leading a small team, through the founding and early startup years of <a title="The Professional Association for SQL Server" href="http://www.sqlpass.org/">PASS</a>, into my later years leading a large, multi-national development organization. You’ll learn all the skills that are crucial for you to make the leap (and it’s a big one) from full-time technologist to a leader and manager of people.</p><p>And we’ll be hosting our popular SQL trivia quize and IT Horror Stories sessions as well. So be sure to plan on grabbing your lunch and heading into our fun lunch-time sessions!</p><p>I hope to see you at one of these upcoming events! Cheers,</p><p>-Kevin</p><p>-<a title="Kevin Kline's Twitter Feed" href="http://twitter.com/kekline">Follow me on Twitter</a></p>